INTRODUCTION TO SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY TESTING

By U. HARIM

CONTENTS 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 11 INTRODUCTION 12 LABORATORY EQUIPMENT 13 TECHNIQUES 14 CARE OF SAMPLES 15 PREPARATION OF DISTURBED SAMPLES FOR TESTING 16 SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY 17 CALIBRATION MOISTURE CONTENT AND INDEX TESTS 21 INTRODUCTION 22 DE?NITIONS 23 THEORY 24 APPLICATIONS 25 MOISTURE CONTENT TESTS 26 LIQUID AND PLASTIC LIMIT TESTS 27 SHRINKAGE TESTS 28 EMPIRICAL INDEX TESTS 29 SOIL SUCTION DENSITY AND PARTICLE DENSITY 31 INTRODUCTION 32 DE?NITIONS 33 THEORY 34 APPLICATIONS 35 DENSITY TESTS 36 PARTICLE DENSITY TESTS 37 LIMITING DENSITY TESTS PARTICLE SIZE 41 INTRODUCTION 42 DE?NITIONS 43 THEORY 44 APPLICATIONS 45 PRACTICAL ASPECTS 46 SIEVING PROCEDURES 47 SEDIMENTATION THEORY 48 SEDIMENTATION PROCEDURES CHEMICAL TESTS 51 INTRODUCTION 52 DE?NITIONS AND DATA 53 THEORY 54 APPLICATIONS 55 TESTS FOR PH 56 SULPHATE CONTENT TESTS 57 ORGANIC CONTENT TESTS 58 CARBONATE CONTENT TESTS 59 CHLORIDE CONTENT TESTS 510 MISCELLANEOUS TESTS COMPACTION TESTS 61 INTRODUCTION 62 DE?NITIONS 63 THEORY 64 APPLICATIONS 65 COMPACTION TEST PROCEDURES 66 MOISTURE CONDITION TESTS 67 CHALK CRUSHING VALUE 68 COMPACTABILITY TEST FOR GRADED AGGREGATES DESCRIPTION OF SOILS 71 INTRODUCTION 72 DE?NITIONS 73 IDENTI?CATION OF SOILS 74 DESCRIPTION OF COARSE (GRANULAR) SOILS 75 DESCRIPTION OF ?NE SOILS 76 DESCRIPTION OF OTHER SOIL TYPES